South Africa held their nerve to beat the Netherlands by six runs in the Super 10 ties of the World Twenty20 on Thursday.
With the Dutch needing 30 runs from 42 balls. Imran Tahir turned the match on its head as he claimed the big scalp of Tom Cooper (16) before getting Peter Seelaar (2) in the 14th over.
Netherlands started to crumble under pressure after Stephan Myburgh’s 28-ball 51 at the Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong.
Earlier, Ahsan Malik’s five wickets kept South Africa down to 145 for 9.
Ahsan Malik’s 5-wicket haul helps Netherlands to restrict South Africa
The Dutch pacer made his career best bowling efforts of 5 for 19.
Sent in to bat by the Dutch, Proteas opener Hashim Amla topscored with 43 off 22
The second wicket stand between Amla and skipper Faf du Plessis (24 off 14), worth 42 off 22, was their highest partnership in which the skipper added only 1 run.
Michael Swart, Timm van der Gugten, Logan van Beek and Tom Cooper picked up a wicket each.
Source: bdnews24
